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Use in varieties of Scots

boadie Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15.6 3.6 0 0 34.9 0 163.8
Number of occurrences507 0 0 6 0 37
Number of authors12 2 2 8

Occurrences of boadie in Corpus

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Central

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ed dinnae pey eneugh tae keep boadie an sow! thegither, neer mind on page 53
akin on behauf o some offical boadie or NGo. Nou, A hae heard poli on page 73

2 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
ose ti slander, ower meh daed boadie on page 82

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
il on poor wee Davie's skinny boadie was amazin. He wis bowlit str on page 38
gasp he died. They flung his boadie ower the side - they aw kenn on page 42
till five days eftir that his boadie was washte up, eftir the corp on page 93
The horrible bloatit face an boadie o poor Cossack Jock were nou on page 94

4 matches

Shetland

Jamieson, Robert Alan Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
An tocht da boadie bit a paepir-kaesin on page 14

1 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
an end tae him an buried his boadie i da saand. Bit fock got ta h on page 15
s an whaar da marks ir on his boadie.' on page 155

2 matches

Jamieson, Robert Alan Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
in aa a boadie trivvils, on page 11
tinnd mæt læk onie iddir boadie an on page 12
He is an ay wis a quhyit boadie. on page 21

3 matches

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Mair lake The Waltons nor a boadie cud tak on page 4
Or dicht a boadie's ee: on page 41

2 matches

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
left tae mak yin respectible boadie!" on page 14
l seem, sennin presents tae a boadie's ain feet! An hoo odd the di on page 16
," thocht peur Alice, "whin a boadie wisnae aye grouin taaler an w on page 35
ngo: shae managed tae git its boadie tukt awa, comfurtably enuch, on page 82
aff a heid unless thur wus a boadie tae cut it aff frae: that hae on page 87
Also on pages 103
6 matches

Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
He wus a dacent boadie wi nay bak dorrs, a good man on page 32

1 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
cht", ir "Yin spoon fur ivery boadie, dochter, *An yin fur tha pot on page 13

1 matches

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
o' Norlin Airlan bes a public boadie on page 9
enesterial Cooncil wi' a leid boadie es yin o' on page 21
es a statutory boadie set ap tae adwise government on page 26
Thair bes nae boadie the noo fit tae gie quhat bes on page 28
ly infoarmed an' gye veluable boadie o' media consultants, thair's on page 29
Also on pages 53, 57, 58, 70
10 matches

Morrison-Smyth, Anne A Furst Readin Book in Ulster Scots, (Evertype 2011) Ulster, weans
An oul boadie seen the pancake. Hae sed,
ay, pancake? “Guid day, oul boadie,’ sed the pancake. “Stap,
cake. “Stap,’ sed the oul boadie. | “Dinnae go sae fast. A w
ns. A didnae stap fur the oul boadie.
ns. A didnae stap fur the oul boadie. A didnae stap fur the hen. A
8 matches

NewtonLass Tay, (newtonlass.blogspot.com 2011) Ulster - Newtownards, poetry
“Yin spoon fur ivery boadie, dochter,
1 matches

Smyth, Anne I Corinthians 13, (Ullans Magazine 2012) Ulster, prose
ir fowk, an the mair A gie ma boadie tae the lowe an haenae luive,
1 matches

Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
n a suddent, his ee lit oan a boadie waakin in tha moss, tha mair
Hey Grace, luk, thonner’s a boadie heidin this wye,” guldert J
As the boadie cum nearhaun, the’ saa it w
oontin — it maun hae been a boadie frae thonner set tha snare. W
ured, rin tae her sin’s wee boadie whaur it lay oan tha grun. Aa
7 matches

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